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No. 545,338. Patented Aug. 27,1895.

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NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. BOWIE, OF OTTAWA, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN CHARLES ROGER, OF SAME PLACE.

.. AUTOMATIC VENDING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 545,338, dated August 27, 1895.

Application tiled May 13,1895. Serial No. 549,116. (No model To LZJ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE I-I. BOWIE, of the city of Ottawa, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Vending-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and Aenact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention, which will be hereinafter fully set forth and claimed, relates to machines or devices for releasing or presenting a specific article, such as a newspaper, upon the insertion of a specific coin.

.The object of my invention is the improvement of the construction of automatic vending-machines for which the present applicant, John O. Roger, and Thomas Larkin have received a joint patent, No. 537,811.

'Figure l is a horizontal section of the casing of my improved automatic vender, showing a top view of the mechanism at rest. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same on line 2 2, Fig. l, a pile of papers being imposed upon the endless apron. Fig. 3 is a similar section, but showing the mechanism in the act of delivery. Fig. 4: is alongitudinal section of the same on line 4c 4, Fig. 1, showing the gearing. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of the same on line 5 5, Figs. 1,2, and 4.?. Fig. 6 is a horizon tal section of the same on line 6 6, Figs. 2, 4t, and 5, showing the parte below the endless apron.

A a. A a is the casing with hinged doorB The projecting lower part A d of the casing is covered by a top C, extending into the interior of the upper part a only about as far as the thickness of the door and leaving a space forming a delivery-slot N between its upper surface and the adjustable bottom or gage of the door. In said top O the coin-slot c is provided. Near the rear edge of said top and so that its inner face is approximately flush with the inner face of the door-gage B is hinged the lip E, so as lto close the slot N', abutting inwardly on the vertical door rabbets 2 and having its upper inner edge beveled.

F is a sliding bottom or partition running in grooves 3 in the side linings C and being of sch a depth from front to rear as to allow of a forward movement, dividing, when in its normal position, the upper part a. of the casing from the lower part a'. bottom is slidingly secured between guides f a slide G, which passes through a slot in the front A and projects beyond itsufliciently to afford a finger-hold g". It is drawn rearward by a spring G secured to it and to the back of the casing, and is adapted to move independently in the sliding partition or bot- In said movable y tom F, or together with it when specially connected. A stop g on the slide G, abutting on the front edge of the bottom F, moves the sliding bottom F back with the slide G after it has been drawn out. Both slides F and G are provided with corresponding slots f and g, transverse to the line of their motion, which also register with the slot c in the top C, all three adapted to pass a certain coin M. This coin forms the connection between the slides F and G. Being inserted in the slot c it drops into the slots f and g, clearing the top O, but remaining in the slides F and G, where it is sustained by the rib H, secured to the bottom of the lower part of the casing. The upper surface of the slide G comes to within a short distance of the lower surface of the top O, and to form a further guide for the coin to find its way from the slot c to the slot g a bridgingpiece G is secured, to the top ot' the slide G, over the slot g,and provided with a slot 4 registering with the slots c, f, and g, the upper surface of said bridging-piece coming close up to the lower surface of the top O.

Upon the upper edges of the side linings O are journaled in boxes 1" the transverse axles l of two rollers I', which latter carry an endless apron I. Said apron has a transversely luted or corrugated surface-'i'. e., its corrugations are at a right angle to the direction of its motion. It is preferably of rubber, Vbut may be of any other suitable material, and the diameter of the rollers and the height of their centers are such that the upper surface of said apron is about the thickness of an article N, which it is intended to carry and deliver below the bottom edge of the door B, or rather its gage B. Upon the axle of the front roller, between the end of the roller and the journal of the axle, is journaled a sleeve j, having fast upon it a spur-pinion J and a ratchet-wheel J. The latter is adjacent to the end t' of the roller, which' has a pawl or detentj pivoted to itand operated by aspring j to gear with said ratchet-wheel. The pinion .I gears into a spur-wheel K, which is journaled upon a stud 7c secured to the side C, and which gears into a rack L secured upon the sliding bottom F. Vhen the latter is moved forward the rack turns the wheel K, and this in turn the pinion l, and with it the ratchet-wheel Jv and the front roller I" and the apron I. IVhen the bottom F moves backward the direction of the movement of the ratchet-wheel is reversed and its teeth slip over the detent j', leaving the roller I and apron I stationary.

To open and close the hinged lip E it has pivoted to a pair of lugs c on its inner face a pitman E', which is connected by a link E vto a lugfIl at the rear of the bottom F. The pitman E is suitably curved and bears upon a collar i" upon the axle of the front roller beassuming an angle with the pitman, allows.

the bottom to proceed forward without tending to push the pitman further than is necessary for the full opening of the lip. The lat# ter is closed as the bottom F recedes bya reverse movement.

The bottom F is moved forward by pulling out the slide G, the necessary coin M having first been inserted in the slot c and allowed to drop, passing through the slot 4 and being retained inthe slots g andfby the rib I-I. The upper run of the apron I being thus caused to move forward and its surface being more or less adhesive takes with it and pushes out of the delivery-slot N the lowermost of the papers or other articles N, of which a pile is placed upon the said apron. Upon releasing the slide G it is drawn back by the spring G', pulling back with it the bottom F, but, 'although the rack L turns the pinion J, the latter does not turn the roller I', as said pinion now turns loose upon the axle I. The forward movement of the bottom F will also have caused the opening and closing on the slot N by turning the lip E upon its hinges.

I claim as my inventionl. In an automatic vending machine for newspapers and similar articles, the combination with a suitable casing having a transverse delivery slot, of an endless apron with adhesive surface having its uppcr face opposite said slot and adapted to travel in a directiou toward said slot, a pair of rollers suitably journaled upon which said apron is mounted, a sleeve journaled upon the axle of one of said rollers adjacent to one of the ends, a pinion upon said sleeve, a ratchet wheel upon said sleeve, a spring detent at the end of the roller gearing into said ratchet wheel, a wheel journaled upon a stud secured to the sides and gearing into said pinion and into a rack below, a rack secured upon a movable piece below said apron and gearing into said wheel anda bottom held slidingly below said apron and carrying said rack, substantially as set forth.

2. In an automatic vending machine for newspapers and similar articles, the combination with a suitable casing having a transverse delivery slot for said articles, of a lip or flap hinged at the bottom of said slot so as to close'the same when raised, shoulders at the interior of the casing against which said lip abuts when raised and prevent it being pushed inwardly, asliding bottom below said delivery slot, a linlipivoted to the rear of said bottom, a pitman pivoted to said link and to the inner face of said lip and a support for the forward end of said pitman near its connection with said lip, substantially as set forth.

3. In an automatic vending machine for newspapers and similar articles, the combination with a suitable casing having a lower forward projecting part covered by a top, a delivery slot above the rear edge of said top and the adjustable bottom or gage of a door, a bottom having its front edge extending partly under said top of the projecting part and adapted to be moved forward, a slide made movable in said bottom and projecting through the front of said projecting part and adapted to be automatically retracted, registering transverse slots in said top slide and sliding bottom, a rib' under said slots adapted to support a coin in the slots of said bottom and slide and allow it,to drop when said parts have been moved forward, an endless apron having an adhesive surface and having its Vupper surface opposite the delivery slot, rollers upon which said apron is mounted and means of causing said apron to travel forward when the sliding bottom moves forward and to remain stationary whenV said bottom slides back, substantially as set forth.

4. In an automatic vending machine for newspapers and similar articles, the combination with a suitable casing having a transverse delivery slot above the top of the lower projecting part of the casing, of a flap or lip pivoted to said top and closing said slot, a sliding bottom below said top, a pair of rollers journaled above said bottom, an endless apron having its upper part opposite said delOO IOS

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livery slot, a, link pvoted to the rear of said be connected by a coin inserted in said slot,

bottom, a curved pitman pivoted to said ap or lip and to said link and supported upon substantially as set forth. m

In testimony whereof I have signed in the the axle of the front roller and meansof movpresence of the undersigned Witnesses. ing said bottom forward by means of an automatcally retracted slide movable in said bottom and having a slot registering with Y slots in said top and bottom and adapted to GEORGE H. BOWIE. Witnesses:

A. HARVEY, L. PETER. 

